Another World is Possible
The World Social Forum has called a Global Day of Action on Saturday January 26th. “From your community to the world; from the world to your community” is their slogan. Events include an ACLU conference — Reclaiming Our Civil Liberties — in Massachusetts with Daniel Ellsberg and Rachel Maddow and a three-day Independent Media Strategy Summit in Santa Cruz, California.
Find the link to this with Louise Dunlap’s report on the first U.S. Social Forum in our magazine, New Village Online. Noteworthy in the comments following Louise’s article is a poignant letter from Gaza by photojournalist Skip Shiel.
Louise Dunlap is the author of Undoing the Silence: Six Tools for Social Change Writing.
The Israeli blockade of Gaza and war with Hamas has hit crisis point as 350,000 desperate Palestinians poured into Egypt in search of essential supplies. 1.5 million people are locked under siege in Gaza and civilians on all sides need help.
Below is a link to an emergency petition from Avaaz.org to the UN, European Union and the Arab League to stop the blockade, oversee the opening of borders and help broker a ceasefire:
Avaaz is an independent, not-for-profit global organization that works to ensure that the views and values of the world’s people inform global decision-making.
Comment by NVB Admin — January 23, 2008 @ 11:32 pm